http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/30/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-War-Crimes.php The pathetic part is that they only nabbed a corporal, who was no doubt just following orders.
Reminds me of a bit of one of my favorite movies...a few good men yeah that sucks to say the least...
Yes, he was following orders to guard the prisoners and prevent them from escaping. duh. The soldier killed the prisoner accidentally following an escape attempt. The soldier is being punished for making a mistake. I feel bad for him, but if you don't punish people for making mistakes then people have insufficient motivation to be careful. One year in jail is not an unreasonable sentence for this type of error.
What about these war criminals? Monkey freedom? Sharp rise in number of British terror suspects watched London - The number of terror suspects being monitored by Britain's domestic security agency, MI5, has risen by 25 per cent in the last six months, BBC online reported Wednesday. The approximately 2,000 people now being watched are thought to be actively involved in supporting Al-Qaeda, the broadcaster reported, and experts highlighted links which some have to terrorist training camps in Pakistan. "I think this is the strongest connection that we are confronted with at the moment, not least because of the historical connections between Pakistan and Britain," Peter Neumann, from King's College London's defence studies centre, told the broadcaster. "This is most likely to be the greatest source of vulnerability -- at least for Britain." In March, finance minister Gordon Brown announced that Britain's security services -- MI5 plus its foreign security counterpart MI6 and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) "listening post" -- would receive an extra 86.4 million pounds (127.2 million euros, 169.3 million dollars) this year. This means that Britain's total annual security budget is now 2.25 billion pounds, more than double the figure before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Last November, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the then head of MI5 who retired last month, said that the agency was tracking 1,600 suspects from 200 groups, most with ties to Al-Qaeda. Nearly 30 terror plots were under investigation, she added. According to MI5, Britain currently faces a "severe" risk from terrorism. This is the second-highest rating and means there is a "serious and sustained threat" from international terrorism. Agence France Presse